Members jeffersonparish Posted June 15, 2016 Members Share Posted June 15, 2016 I just joined this forum, so hey, everyone! I'm hoping someone here could share some of their experiences with music libraries. Currently, I get hired by producers to write lyrics and toplines to their songs, either through an ownership split or work-for-hire with a buyout fee, both of which are pretty straightforward contracts. Now, since I have a lot of leftover songs, so I've decided to look into production music libraries, hoping to get some synchs. In checking out the non-exclusive libraries, I've read over some contracts, which are definitely not as simple as a work-for-hire or split. I'm not an attorney, but I'm not thrilled with what I read. Particularly the three-year duration and the clauses granting them rights to change the composition itself, including titles and the music itself. I know there are legitimate reasons for this, but overall, music libraries are foreign worlds to me. I also don't personally know anyone who's done it SUCCESSFULLY; the people I know submitted music to libraries and never heard from them again. Have any of you ever dealt with them? Any issues with their contracts? If there was a problem, was it resolved at all? I've seen a lot of online articles about this, but it's always better to hear from people who have actually gone THROUGH it. Thanks for reading, Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeffersonparish Posted June 24, 2016 Author Members Share Posted June 24, 2016 Just bumping this up, hoping for more eyes! Anybody have any experience with this??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted June 25, 2016 Moderators Share Posted June 25, 2016 try a search on music libraries, or on TAXI in the forum, I know we have discussed it in here but not recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeffersonparish Posted July 1, 2016 Author Members Share Posted July 1, 2016 Daddymack, thanks. I was just actually referred to another music library composer forum, so I'm finding lots of people who have been through it on there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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